Shoe-shining stand



F. S. SCOTT.

SHOE smmus STAND APPLICATION FILED APR- L 1920.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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SHOE-SHINING STAND.

I Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedAug. 23, 1921.

' Application filedApril/7, 1920. Serial No. 372,052.

T 0 all whom it may concern. Be it known that I, FRANK S. Soon, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Heyburn, in thecounty of Mlnidoka and State of Idaho, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Shoe-Shining Stands, of which the following is a spec1-fication.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for use in shoeshining operations whereby a number of customers may be simultaneouslyand consecutively served under conditions which provide for theprogressive disposal thereof to economize time and space'and avoidcongestion and confusion as to the precedence of customers or the orderin which they shall be accepted for receiving the contemplatedattention; and also to improve the construction of devices of thisgeneral type to increase the corn venience of the customers while theirshoes are receiving attention; and with these objects in view theinvention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which apreferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the inside foot rests and the meanswhereby the same is mounted.

The device consists essentially of a revoluble table or platform 10arranged in convenient relation with the floor 11 or other equivalentsupporting surface to the end that customers may readily step from thelatter to the former, and outer and inner annular or concentric seriesof seats 12 and 13 supported by the table or platform and separated bythe interposed annular back 14:, both seats and back preferably beingprovided with suitable upholstery as shown respectively at 15 and 16,and the upholstery for the back preferably consisting of a cushionfoldable at its longitudinal center as shown at 17 to fold over and hangupon the upper edge of the back so as to serve for both the inner andouter series of seats.

At suitable intervals upon corresponding concentric outer and inner footledges 18 and 19 are arranged sets of shoe shining foot rests 20 and 21to the end that a number of customers may be simultaneously served bothexteriorly and interiorly of the series of seats, the purpose being tohave the interior series of seats reserved for ladies, and access beinggiven to the inner circle through a gateway represented by the space 22as shown in Fig, 1.

Also preferably the foot rests 21 of the inner series have theirshanks23 carried by slides or travelers 24 mounted in guides 25 disposedradially of the table or platform to the end that the rests may be movedoutwardly into practical contact with the riser 26 between the footledge 19 and the inner seat, out of the way of the skirts of customersin mounting or dismounting from the seat.

It is the purpose to provide forapproaching the table or platform forattention in a columnor series to avoid confusion, congestion orcrowding and to progressively move the platform while the customer isbeing served to the end that departure from the same may occur so far aspossible in a like sequence or consecutive order, and therefore thetable or platform is preferably mounted for a slow revoluble movement byproviding it with depending bearing. rails 27 arranged in cocperativerelation with track rails 28 of which anti-friction balls or rollers 29may be disposed, and to connect with the table or platform as at acentral point a drive shaft 30 with which any suitable driving power maybe connected such as a'motor 31 with suitable interposed gearing ortransmission mechanism indicated at 32. 7

By this arrangement, for example, the customers may step upon theplatform in order or sequence as the empty seats are presented and mayleave the same in substantially the same order at a prescribed stationin the course of progress of the table or platform, the shoe shiningoperation being conducted while the passenger is in transit from theloading point to the discharging point, and the speed of rotation of thetable or platform being regulated to givesufiicient time under ordinarycircumstances for affording the necessary opportunity to the attendantsto complete the desired service.

VJ hat I claim is:

1. A shoe shining stand having a revoluble table or plaform, seats andfoot rests disposed in concentric series thereon and means forcommunicating rotary motion to the table or platform.

2. A shoe shining stand having a revoluble table or platform, concentricinwardly and outwardly facing seats supported by the platform,corresponding series of foot rests disposed in operative relation withsaid series of seats, and means for communicating progressive movementto the table or. platform. a

3. A shoe shining stand having a revoluble table or platform concentricinwardly and outwardly facing seats supported by the platform,corresponding inner and outer series of foot rests disposed in operativerelation with said series of seats, the foot rests of one series beingmounted for radial folding movement with relation to the correspondingseats, and means for communicating rotary motion to the table orplatform.

4:. A shoe shining stand having a revoluble table or platform,concentric inner and outer series of seats and related foot ledgessupported by the table or platform and inter rupted to afford anentrance gate to theinner series of seats, inner and outer series offoot rests carried by the foot ledges in cooperative relation with saidseries of seats, and means for communicating rotary motion to the tableor plaform.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK S; SCOTT.

